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Chemical Communications

Urgent high quality communications from across the chemical sciences.



November 2007


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Hot Article: Redesigned enzyme produces chiral amines

05 November 2007

Scientists from Manchester have developed a template to predict if amines can be deracemised by a specific enzyme.


TTF-based molecular wire

Hot Article: New tetrathiafulvalene-based molecular wires

07 November 2007

Tetrathiafulvalenes act as efficient molecular wires when sandwiched between gold electrodes.


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Hot Article: Two iron atoms get in an unusual spin

12 November 2007

An enzyme-mimicking iron complex containing both Fe(II) and Fe(III) centres has been isolated for the first time


Diblock copolymer

Hot article: Magnetic nanoparticles with dual control

20 November 2007

Magnetic nanoparticles: hydrophilic or hydrophobic depending on temperature.


Copper sensor

The changing colour of gold

21 November 2007

DNA and gold nanoparticles provide a more sensitive way to detect copper ions in nature


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Hot Article: Shedding light on dimetallofullerenes

22 November 2007

Scientists in Japan have synthesised and characterised Ce2@C78 and its bis-silylated derivative.